Tire and fastener for vehicle-wheels.



No. 709,483.` Y Patentedsept. 23, moz

\ J. c. HAmEs. `T|RE AND F'ASTENEB FOR VEHICLE WHEELS.

` (Application led Mar. 10,` 1902.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JACQUES C. HAINES, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF 'lWVO-THIRDS TO IVILLIAM E. HUBER AND CHESTER HAINES, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TIRE `AND FASTENER FOR VEHICLE-WHEELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 709,483, dated September 23, 1902.

i Application filed March 10, 1902. Serial No. 97,392. (No model.)

T all whom, it may concern:

Beit known that LJAceUEs C. I-IAINEs, of Chicago, in the county of ACool; and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tires and Fasteners for Vehicle-Wheels; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of 1o this specification.A i

My invention relates to tires and fasteners for vehicle-wheels.

The object of my invention is to provide a means for securely fastening the tire upon the rim of the vehicle.

' Another object of my invention is to overcome the objections to tires and fastenings with which they are associated which have i heretofore existed.

zo The specific object of my invention is to provide a means by which a resilient rubber or other such tire may be securely and easily fixed to the rim of a vehicle-Wheel.

In carrying my invention into effect I pro` z 5 vide` a series of closed eyelets which are stronger than and preferably joined together by a flexible structure, the said eyelets projecting from the surface of the rubber structure near the edges and close to the inside 3o diameter of the tire,the eyeletsv being preferably placed around the inner circumfer ence of the tire, on each side thereof, in alternate consecutive positions, the eyelets on `the respective sides inthe preferred structure being joined in sequence by diagonallyplaced connecting-Wires, the entire series of eyelets being preferably formed of a single Wire, the structure when completed being longitudinally elastic.

The accompanying drawings illustrate one means by which myinvention may be carried into effect, in Which- Figure l is a section of the tire and rim as it will appear before the binding-Wires are secured in position for holding the tire in place.

Fig. 2 is a similar section showing the parts as they will appear after the-binding-wires have been finally secu red by Welding or braz ing together for the purpose of holding the 5o tire in its place in the rim. Fig. 3 shows the eyelets and connecting structure before they convenient distance.

are placed into the rubber structure, and it also shows the binding-Wires as they pass through the eyelets.

In all of the views the same numerals indicate similar parts.

l represents an ordinary rubber tire.

2 is a rim adapted to be placed around the wheel in which the tire is contained.

3 and 4 are the binding-wires, which. are to 6o be passed through the eyelets before Vthe tire is placed in position, as shown in Fig. l, and which' are to be drawn np tight and soldered or brazed together, so that they will occupy the positions shown in Fig. 2, practically circumferenti'ally parallel with the inner surface of the rim 2.

The eyelets 5 5 and G 6 are constructed of a single piece of Wire 7. The structure including the eyelets is made of a single piece 7o of wire by passing the saine-completely one or more times successively around each of two parallel binding Wires or rods 3 and 4. Every alternate crossing wire in constructing the eyelets passes over the top of the rods 3 75 and 4, and the intermediate alternate crossing wires pass under the bottom of the rods 3 and 4, as clearly shown in the figures. It is convenient for mechanical reasons to make this structure with the Wires 7 parallel, with 8o the eyelets on each side practically in contact with each other, and after the structure has been completed it may be elongated, so that the eyelets 5 5 and 6 6 may be separated any The structure is elastic and is embedded in the tire at the time when the tire is made. Therefore it does not interfere with or limit the circumferential resilience or elasticity of the tire.

The wire 7 may be composed of any suit- 9o able or desirable material, and the eyelets 5 5 and 6 6 maybe placed anysuitable distance apart, according to the number of eyelets desired on either side of a tire of a given length.

It will be noticed in Fig. l that there is considerable space between the eyelets 5 5 and 6 6 and the bottom surface of the channel of the rim 2. When the binding-wires 3 and 4 are drawn taut and either-'welded or brazed together, the eyelets 5 5 and (i 6 are drawn roo down practically into contact with theinner surface of the rim. The rubber contained between the eyelets 5 and 6 on either side of the rim is thereby somewhat condensed. The wire 7 is shown to be under a greater strain in Fig. 2 than in Fig. l, as shown 'by the radius of the arc described by wire 7 in the respective figures.

By virtue of the resilience of the rubber contained between the eyelets on the respective sides and also by virtue of the resilience of the wires 7 the binding-wires 3 and 4 and the eyelets 5 5 and 6 6 will be undisturbed by any pressure that may be applied to the eX- ternal periphery of the tire 1 as a result of the elasticity described. The compression of the rubber contained between the respective series of eyelets and the resilience of the connecting-wires 7 will accommodate any variation of pressure that may be applied to the tire without removing the eyelets from their position.

It will be noticed that the eyelets cannot be pulled outlaterally from the mass in which they are embedded, and, furthermore, that they are stronger than the single connectingwire and that they present considerable surface resistance by virtue of the connectingwires 7 being embedded in the mass in which they are contained, so that the strain is distributed over a larger surface, and thereby fracture of the tire structure is avoided.

Another advantage of my invention consists in exposing free open eyelets to receive the tension-wires 3 and 4f. They do not fill up with debris, as holes do that are made into the rubber itself. The eyelets may be easily threaded with the tension-wires Without the necessity of special tools for this purpose.

I have described the eyelets as projecting from the tire. They may project entirely from the tire or onlypartially, as shown. The matter of degree to which they project may be modified, as described. The preferred form is that shown in the drawings, in which they project sufficient-ly to be self-cleaning and to a degree in which a groove only is necessary between the consecutive eyelets in the tire to contain the respective bindingwires, so that the groove may also be selfcleaning. It is also desirable to place the series of eyelets at uniform concentric points beyond the inner surface of the tire and to taper the tire uniformly from the bottom of the eyelets to the center of the transverse scctiou of the tire, so as to produce a stress upon the encompassed rubber between the structure joining the eyelets and the surface of the rim after the eyelets have been drawn down to place by the binding-wires.

Another feature of myinvention heretofore referred to consists in drawing the eyelets down, by means of the binding-wires, into direct contact with the bottom of the rim, and thereby compressing the rubber contained in the tire between the eyelets in the respective sides, so as to prevent the bodily movement of the eyelets when pressure is applied to the periphery of the tire.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. A tire-fastener comprising a channelrim, an elastic tire within the channel of said rim, a series of fastening members partially embedded in the tire and projecting therefrom, adapted to be brought into contact with the bottom surface of said rim, and bindingwires engaging and adapted to draw said projecting portions into contact with the bottom surface of said rim.

2. A tire-fastener comprising a channelrim, an elastic tire within the channel of said rim, a series of fastening members partially embedded in the tire and projecting therefrom, the projecting portion of larger crosssection than the embedded portion, and binding-wires engaging and adapted to draw said projecting portions into contact with the bottom surface of said rim.

3. A tire-fastener comprising a channelrim, an elastic tire within the channel of said rim, a series of fastening members partially embedded in the tire and projecting from each side thereof, and. binding-wires engaging and adapted to draw said projecting portions into contact with the bottom surface of said rim.

4;. A tire-fastener comprising a channelrim, an elastic tire within the channel of said rim, a series of fastening members partially embedded in the tire and projecting from each side thereof, a circu mferentially-elastic structure embedded in said tire joining the two series of fastening members, and bindingwires engaging and adapted to draw said projecting portions into contact with the bottom surface of said rim.

5. A tire-fastener comprising a channelrim, an elastic tire within the channel of said rim, aseries of fastening members formed of a single wire partially embedded in said tire, projecting from each side of said tire, the projecting portions of larger cross-section than the embedded portions, and binding- Wires engaging and adapted to draw said projecting portions into contact with the bottom surface of said rim.

6. A tire-fastener comprising a channelrim, an elastic tire tapered gradually and outwardly toward each side from its transverse center, within said rim, a series of fastening members projecting from each side of said tire near the outside terminations of said tapered portions, and binding-wires engaging and adapted to draw said projecting portions into contact with the bottom surface of said rim and thereby compress that portion of the tire contained between said series of fastenings.

7. A tire-fastener comprising a series of fastening members attached at each side of the tire between its largest and smallest diameters, a resilient tire gradually tapered outwardly toward both sides from its smallest diameter at its transverse center, a channel-rim upon which said tire is mounted, and bind- IOC IIO

ing-Wires adapted to draw the fastenings into l tenings, embedded in the tire adapted to c0111-, Contact with the bottom surface of the said press the tire between the respective Yfasten- I 5 rim. t ings when said fastenings have beendrawn i S. A tire-fastener comprisingaseries of fasto their respective positions by said binding- 5 tening members attached at each side of the I Wires.

tire between its largest and smallestdiame- In testimony that I claim the foregongas ters, a resilient tire gradually tapered outmy own I affix my signature in presence of zo i wardly toward both sides fromits smallest ditwo Witnesses. alneter at its transverse center, aohannel-rim v xo` upon which said tire is mounted, binding-I JACQUES C' HAINES wires adapted to draw the fastenings into con-` tact with the bottom surface ofthe said rim, i and transverse connections between said fasl Vitnesses:

FORE BAIN, MARY F. ALLEN. 

